Pakistan on Friday beat England by 152 runs in the second Test in Multan to level the three-match series at 1-1.
Pakistan’s leading spinners have made the visitors struggle for runs with Noman Ali and Sajid Khan were on song claiming all the wickets fell in the second England innings.
Noman who claimed three wickets in first innings was the wrecker-in-chief on Friday as he took eight wickets while Sajid Khan grabbed two, taking his tally in the match to nine.
England returned to the crease at the Multan Cricket Stadium on day 4 of the second Test at 36-2 in their second innings on Friday as Pakistan plans to seal a victory.
The fourth day began with Ollie Pope (21*) and Joe Root (12*) on strike. However, as part of the Green Shirts’ early wickets, Pope (22) was sent to the dug-out soon after the game’s resumption, as the hosts’ third wicket.
Earlier on Thursday, the third day came to an end with England scoring 36/2 within 11 overs as they tried to chase Pakistan’s 297-run target, which the Shan Masood-led side secured after grabbing a handy lead of 296 runs with the help of Salman Agha’s 63 in their second innings.
Previously, Pakistan scored 366 runs in their first innings, in response to which the English team was bowled out for 291 runs, leaving them with a deficit of 75 runs.
Shan Masood and Co. scored 221 in the second innings with Salman Ali Agha scoring 63 runs.
Meanwhile, Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett started the second innings, but, headed towards the boundary after scoring few runs for the team.
With Crawley leaving after scoring three runs Mohammad Rizwan whipped off the ball.
Duckett, on the other hand, scored zero runs and was dismissed when Sajid Khan delivered the third ball of the first over.
It is worth noting that Pakistan’s spinner Sajid Khan bagged seven wickets and Noman Ali took three while delivering against England in the first innings.
